Pulled my transcripts and about fell over HELP!!!!!!

I am wondering the same thing! I have 7 just from when I was young and stupid. I hope they wont affect me getting into nursing school.

In my area, if your science classes are more than 5 years old you will need to retake them FYI. Sounds like an awful situation and you should contact the school to hopefully get them wiped off your record. And if not then I would contact the school you plan on applying and explaining the situation. But how could you never look at your transcripts before?

But how could you never look at your transcripts before?

To be honest, I never really had a need too. I always knew my grades. And every time I needed to provide a school with a transcript it was always an "official" copy which had to be sealed and hand delivered or mailed.

Some schools lets you expunge your past and start over from scratch, talk to your and see if they have this option.

Some schools lets you expunge your past and start over from scratch, talk to your and see if they have this option.

Hmmm I wonder how that would work since some of the classes where used to get my Degree. When you say start from scratch do you mean erase everything and start over? Hmmm I'm starting to think 22 W's is not that bad LOL. There is no way in hell I would want to redo 4 years of college lol

I think it depends on the school that you're applying too..

However, from what I know, they only look at the GPA of the pre-reqs along with your score on the entrance exam.

Ohh... well you didn't mention the degree in the OP. So yes that wont be applicable. I would say just get your transcripts evaluated with the nursing adviser and see what happens. Good Luck :)!

I don't have 22 Ws but I did have a few and was concerned. I would contact the nursing program you are interested in. My program doesn't count/look at Ws, they just don't count in as anything. Your program may be like that. If worse comes to worse you can always explain the situation to your nursing program (I was so involved in my education I had to travel to multiple schools yadda yadda). I wouldn't stress too hard. Good luck!!!!

So, you were never charged for any of those classes? Just curious. That is so strange!

So, you were never charged for any of those classes? Just curious. That is so strange!

Well that's kinda sticky. In California the have whats called a BOGFW (Fee waver) You are awarded this based on your income when you apply for financial aid. So did I pay cash money out of my pocket no, was the government charged for these classes I can only assume yes.

What ****** me off is I was on the waiting list. The only way to get in a class is if someone who is registered does not show up on the first day. So that means that dropped some student who didn't show up on the first day only to add someone who also didn't show up on the first day??? *** how on earth does that make sense?

I'm in Cali too and I could see that happening, although I don't have any Ws.I've had friends who were way down on waitlists but ended up admitted to classes without knowing because people wouldn't show up. The BSN program I was accepted to penalizes applicants for all Ws and other things. Some of the community colleges in my area are going that route too, it's just so competitive. But the best thing to do is to contact the program you're wanting to attend and see what their requirements are. Every program is different in what they'll look at. Best of luck to you.

As former faculty, If you were on the waitlist I would have expected you to show up for the first day, that;s when you would find out if someone had dropped the class!!! They may also have automatically enrolled you since you had requested the class and were waitlisted. Also in some universities unless you officially drop or withdraw from a class whether even if you never showed up for a class, then they can assign a grade of either F or W, W if the faculty withdrew you for never attending. If the class was paid for thru financial aid then they can not withdraw you, but give a failing grade. I taught nursing for 9 years, we had students that deciding not to go to nursing school and never bothered to let the school know!! Gee we held a spot for them, can only take 48 each semester and people would not let us know they had changed their mind. I had one student move away after the first semester and not tell anyone, she also took a spot that could have been given to a returning student. I would have to say it was your responsibility to notify the professor/the registrar/someone that you would not need the class since you got in somewhere else. Did it occur to you that someone else was possible turned away that was lower on the waitlist???? Why did you not let them know to take you off the waitlist? You did this 22 or more times and it never occurred to you to take the courtesy of letting someone know???Every school has their own policy. I don;t know how Ws could even be calculated into the GPA.